Lionel Barrymore
Biography
Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul (1931), and remains best known to modern audiences for the role of villainous Mr. Potter in Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life. He is also particularly remembered as Ebenezer Scrooge in annual broadcasts of A Christmas Carol during his last two decades. He is also known for playing Dr. Leonard Gillespie in MGM's nine Dr. Kildare films, a role he reprised in a further six films focusing solely on Gillespie and in a radio series entitled The Story of Dr. Kildare. He was a member of the theatrical Barrymore family.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
It's a Wonderful Life
as Mr. Potter
1946
Estrellados
as Self (Guest Appearance)
1930
Calling Dr. Gillespie
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
1942
Key Largo
as James Temple
1948
The Romance of Elaine
as Marcus Del Mar / Mr. X
1915
The End of the Tour
as Byron Bennett
1917
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self - Director of 'Romeo and Juliet' (uncredited)
1929
Duel in the Sun
as Sen. Jackson McCanles
1946
Public Hero Number 1
as Dr. Josiah Glass
1935
Grand Hotel
as Otto Kringelein
1932
West of Zanzibar
as Crane
1928
You Can't Take It with You
as Martin Vanderhof
1938
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Mata Hari
as General Serge Shubin
1931
On Borrowed Time
as Julian Northrup aka Gramps
1939
Mark of the Vampire
as Professor Zelin
1935
The Devil-Doll
as Paul Lavond
1936
Since You Went Away
as Clergyman
1944
The Little Colonel
as Colonel Lloyd
1935
Sadie Thompson
as Alfred Davidson
1928
